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194 Broadway, New York. 



OFFICERS. 

WILLIAM M. EVARTS, Chairman. 

CHARLES GOULD, Vice-Chairman. 

SAMUEL E. LOW, Treasurer. 

WM. H. L. BARNES, Corresponding Secretary. 

WILLIAM BOND, ] 

MAURICE PERKINS, \ Secretaries. 

COL. FRANK E. HOWE, Superintendent. 



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NEW YORK : 

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1862. 






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194 Broadway, 



Chairman, . . . . 
Vice-Chaieman, 
Treasl'eer, . . . , 

Corresponding Secretary, 

Secretaries, 
Superintendent, . 



WILLIAM M. EVARTS, Esq. 

CHARLES GOULD, Esq. 

SAMUEL E. LOW, Esq. 

WM. H. L. BARNES, Esq. 
t WILLIAM BOND, Esq. 
■) DR. MAURICE PERKINS. 

COL. FRANK E. HOWE. 



MAINE. 

DEXTER A. HAWKINS, Esq., State 

Agent, 10 Wall street. 
WILLIAM H. FOGG, Esq., 32 Burlint; 

Slip. 
REV. R. D. HITCHCOCK, D. IX, 149 

East 12th street. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

COL. FRANK E. HOWE, State Agent, 

194 Broadway. 
F. E. WELLINGTON, Esq., 63 Ann 

SAMUEL E. LOW, Esq., 31 Burling 
Slip. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

HON. BENJ. W. BONNEY, 128 Broad- 
way. 
HON. CHARLES A. PEABODY, 60 

Wall street. 
JEREMIAH BURNS, Esq., Astor 
House. 



RHODE ISLAND, 

NEHEMIAH KNIGHT, Esq., 56 Park 
Place. 

WILLIAM J. nOPPIN, Esq., 01 Pine 
street. 

REV. FRANCIS VINTON, D. D., Trin- 
ity Church. 



VERMONT. 

E. W. STOUGHTON, Esq., 72 Wall 

street. 
MA.T. J. A. PULLEN, 74 Broadway. 
JOHN PAINE, Esq., 47 Wall street. 



CONNECTICUT. 

COL. JOHN H. .'U^MY, State Agent, 

137 Broadway. 
GEN. PROSPER M. WETMORE, 30 

Pine street. 
CHARLES GOULD, Esq., 2 Hanover 

street. 



WILLIAM M. EVARTS, Esq., 2 Hano- 
ver street. 

WILLIAM BOND, Esq., 21 Nassau 
street. 

DR. MAURICE PERKINS, College of 
Phj'sicians and Sunreons. 

SAMUEL W. BRIDGHAM, 24 Waver- 
ly Place. 

COL. GEORGE BLISS, Jr , 50 Wall 
street. 

DR. ELEAZAR PARMLY, 3 Bond street. 



ROBERT H. Mc CURDY, Esq., 45 Park 

Place. 
REV. H. W. BELLOWS, D. D., 59 East 

20th street. 
REV. SAMUEL OSGOOD, D. D., 154 

West 11th street. 
WILLIAM H. L. BARNES, Esq., 62 

Wall street. 
HON. RUFUS F. ANDREWS, 47 Wall 

street. 
HOSEA B. PERKINS, Esq., 98 Bowery. 



Finance Comnaittee. 

SAMUEL E. LOW, Esq., Chairman. 



WILLIAM H. FOGG, Esq., Maine. 
CHA8. A. PE.\BODY, Esq., N. H. 
JOHN" PAINE, Esq., Vermont. 



F. E. WELLINGTON, Esq., Mass. 
NEHEMIAH KNIGHT, Esq., R. I. 
CHARLES GOULD, Esq., Conn. 



Honoi-ary Menabers. 



GOVERNOR ANDREW, of Mass. I GOVERNOR HOLBROOK, of Vt. 

" SPRAGUE. OF R I. " WASHBURNE, of Me. 

" BUCKINGHAM, of Ct. | " BERRY, of N. H. 

GOVERNOR MORGAN, op N. Y. 



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"NEW ENGLAND 

''SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION." 



PEELIMINAEY MEETING AND OEGANIZATION. 

In pursuance of arrangements made at a preliminarj 
meeting of gentlemen held at the Astor House, on the 28th 
of MarcJi, 18G2, and in accordance with a public notice given 
in the daily papers of the city, a large and influential meeting 
of citizens of New England resident in New York, was held 
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on Monday evening, March 31, 
1862, with the purpose of making arrangements to provide 
for proper attention to the sick and wounded soldiers as 
they shall from time to time pass through New York on 
their return from the seat of war to their homes. 

Mr. William M. E^■arts was chosen Chairman of the 
meeting, and Mr. William Bond and Dr. Maurice Perkins 
were chosen Secretaries. 

After a long discussion of the subject, which was par- 
ticipated in by the following gentlemen, viz., Mr. Charles 
Gould, Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore, Mr. George W. Blunt, 
Kev. Dr. F. Yinton, Col. George Bliss, Capt. E. E. Morgan, 
Col. Frank E. Howe, Mr. Nath. Hayden, Hon. C. A. Pea- 
body, Dr. James R. Wood, Mr. C. C. Leigh, Mr. William 
M. Evarts, Dr. J. H. Griscom, and others, the following 
resolutions were unanimously adopted : 

1. Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the 
Chair, of three from each New England State, with ])ower 
to fill vacancies, and to add to their number, to provide the 
necessary means, and to provide suitable care, attendance, 
and accommodations for the sick, disabled and wounded 



New England soldiers as they pass tliroiigli the city on 
their way homeward from the war ; and that the citizens, 
physicians, and surgeons of New York, and the United 
States Sanitary Commission, be invited to cooperate in this 
patriotic and benevolent plan. 

2. Resolved^ That tliis committee be instructed, that in 
performing their duties to the sick and wounded of New 
England, they extend their aid and charity to their com- 
rades from every State found in their company, and that 
we desire fully to cooperate in any common arrangements 
that may include provisions for the aid and care of all sick 
and wounded soldiers who may be brought to the city from 
the war. 

3. Resolved^ In view of the prompt and humane ac- 
tion of the physicians and surgeons of this city, that they 
be invited to send such a delegation to meet and confer with 
the committee appointed by the meeting, as they may deem 
proper. 

In accordance with, and to carry out the purpose of the 
Resolutions, the chairman announced the following 

COMMITTEE. 

Connecticxit. Maine. 

Charles Gould, Esq., Dexter A. Hawkixs, State Agent, 

Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore, William H. Fogg, Esq., 

Col. John H. Almy, State Agent. Eev. Dr. R. D. IIiTcncocK. 

Massachusetts. New Ilaiixpshire. 

Col. Frank E. Howe, State Agent, Hon. Benjamin W. Bonney, 

F. E. Wellington, Esq., " Charles A. Peabody, 

Samuel E. Low, Esq. Jeremiah Burns, Esq. 

Eliode Island. Vermont. 

Edwin Hoyt, Esq., E. W. Stoughtox, Esq., 

Wm. J, HoppiN, Esq., Ma,]. J. A. Pullen, 

Rev. Dr. F. Vinton. John Paine, Esq. 

And subsequently, on motion, the officers of the meet 
ing were added to the committee, viz. : 

William M. Evaets, Ilassachusetts. 
William Bond, Connecticut. 
Maukice Perkins, Yei^mont. 



After the adjournment of tlie meeting, tlie cliairman re- 
quested the members of the committee designated, who 
were present, to remain for the purpose of organizing and 
making arrangements to carry out the purpose of their ap- 
pointment. 

The names of tlie committee being called, the following 
gentlemen were found to be present, viz. : 
Messrs. 
Gould, / Low, Burns, 

Howe, Vinton, Hawkins, 

Wetmoee, Pullen, Hitchcock, 

Wellington, Peabody, Eyaets. 

Bond, Pekkins, 

The committee was then called to order, and the follow- 
ing gentlemen were unanimously elected to the ofhces i-e- 
spectively set to their names, viz. : 

William M. Evarts, Chairman. 

Charles Gould, Vice- Chairman. 

Sa:muel E. Low, Treasurer. 

William Bond, ) „ 

•n^- -r> r oecretaries. 

Maurice Perkins, ) 

On motion of Mr. Wetmore, it was 

Yoted^ That a committee (of two) on organization be 
appointed by the Chair, who shall be charged with the par- 
ticular duty of preparing a written basis of organization 
for the Association, together with such Articles of Associa- 
tion, By-Laws, and Kegulations as they shall deem appro- 
priate, and present the same for the consideration of the 
committee at their next meeting ; whereupon, 

Messrs. Wetmore and Peabody wei'e appointed such 
committee. 

On motion of Judge Peabody it was 

Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the 
Chair, who shall be authorized and requested, in behalf of 
this body, to communicate with the President, the Secretary 
of War, and such other members of the ]S"ational Goyern- 
ment as they may deem proper, for the purpose of inter- 
changing yiews in relation to the relief of sick and wounded 
soldiers arriving in this city, to the end that mutual co- 



operation and greater efficiency may be obtained in effect- 
ing the purposes of this Association. 

Whereupon, Hon. Chas. A. Peabody, Rev. Dr. F.Vinton, 
and Rev. Dr. Hitchcock were appointed such committee. 

After some informal discussion in relation to a suitable 
building and other accommodations necessary for the pur- 
poses of this Association, it was on motion of Col. Howe, 

Resolved, That a committee (of tln-ee) on location be 
appointed, who shall be charged witli the duty of examin- 
ing such building or buildings as they may think appro- 
priate for use in administering to the wants, necessities, and 
comforts of the sick and wounded soldiers arriving in New 
York, and for the general purposes of this Association, and 
make a report in relation thereto, at the next meeting of 
this committee. 

Whereupon, Messrs. Howe, Hawkins, and Almy were 
appointed such committee. 

On motion of Rev. Dr. Vinton, it was 

Resolved, That the delegations from the several States 
be requested to communicate directly with the Executive 
of those States to inquire if it is their desire or intention to 
repay necessary and certihed expenses incurred in minister- 
ing to the wants of the soldiers belonging to their respective 
States. 

On motion of Gen. Wetmore, it was 

Resolved, That the Committee of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, organized for tlie purpose of rendering medical as- 
sistance to the sick and wounded soldiers, be invited to se- 
lect three of their number, who shall be members of this 
Permanent Committee. 

On motion of Mr. Gould, it was 

Resolved, That this oi'ganization be designated as " The 
Soldiers' Relief Association." 

On motion, adjourned, to meet at the Rooms of the 
Union Defence Committee, No. 30 Pine street, Room 14, 
on AVednesday, April 2d, at 3 o'clock p. m. 

William M. Evarts, Chairman. 



William Bond, ) ^y ^ • 

-r, > secretaries. 

Maurice Perkins, ) 



"NEW ENGLAI^D SOLDIEES' BELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 



ADJOURNED MEETING. 

Wednesday, April 2, 1862. 

Pursuant to adjournment the Association met at No. 30 
Pine street, Room 14, and was called to order at 3 o'clock 
p. M., by Mr. Gould, Yice-Cliairman. 

The following members were present, viz. : 

Messrs. 

Low, Almy, Perkins, 

Howe, Fogg, Hawkins, 

PULLEN, PeABODY, BoND, 

Vinton, Wetmoke, Wellington, 

Hitchcock, Paine, Burns. 

HoppiN, Gould, 

The following letter from Mr. Edwin Hoyt was pre- 
sented and read to the meeting : 

" New York, Ajrfil 2, 18G2. 
" William M. Evarts, Esq., Chairman : 

" Sir : I regret that illness prevents me from meeting with the 
Committee of the Soldiers' Relief Association to-day. This may 
be the proper occasion for me to correct the erroneous impression 
that my birth-place was in Rhode Island instead of Connecticut. 
Deeply as I feel interested in all matters connected with R. I., I 
should feel out of place in serving on the Committee for that State. 
[ would respectfully suggest the name of my partner, Mr. Nehe- 
miah Knight, of Providence, R. I., who, I feel quite confident, will 
cheerfully consent to act in my place, and at the same time I 
would add, that it will afford mc pleasure to render him and the 



Committee any assistance in my power towards carrying out tlio 
good cause. • 

" Very respectfully, 

" Edwin IIoyt." 

Mr. Neliemiali Knight, of Rhode Island, was thereupon 
unanimously elected a member of the Association in place 
of Mr. Edwin Hoyt, who declined the appointment. 

The following letter from Mr. Arad Barrows was then 
presented and read to the meeting : 

" PmLADELPniA, Aiml 1, 18G2. 
" William M. Evarts, Esq., New York : 

" Dear Sir : I notice by the New York Times of to-day, that 
you have been appointed President of an Association formed for 
the purpose of providing proper attention to the wounded soldiers 
on their way from the battle-field. On behalf of the Union Volun- 
teer Refreshment Saloon of this city, I respectfully offer the ser- 
vices of our Committee, if they can be of any use to you. We 
have accommodations at the Hospital for fifty men, but can take 
a larger number, and give them all care and attention. Hoping to 
receive an early reply from you, I remain, 
" Very truly yours, 

" Arad Barrows, Pres't, (per Ritter.) 

" N. B.— Please direct to P. O. Box 258." 

Whereupon, on motion of Gen. Wetmore, it was 
Resolved^ That the thanks of this Association be, and 
they are hereby, cordially tendered to Arad Barrows, Esq., 
of Philadelphia, and to the committee of wdiich he is the 
President, in acknowledgment of their humane and friendly 
offer contained in the letter just read ; that the subject-mat- 
ter in said letter be referred to a committee consisting of 
Messrs. Almy, Howe, and Hawkins, the agents, respective- 
ly, of the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine ; 
and that the Secretary notify Mr. Barrows of the action of 
this committee. 

The following letter from Dr. S. Conant Foster was 
presented and read :. 



"New Yokk, April 1, 18G2. 
" W. M. EvARTs, Esq. : 

" Dear Sir : As I was unable, to attend the meeting last 
evening, will you jjermit me, through you, to tender my profes- 
sional services to the committee in any way in which they can he 
made available for the sick and wounded of our armies. 
" Very respectfully and truly, 

" S, CoNANT Foster, 24 East 21st st." 

Whereupon, on motion of Dr. Yinton, it was 

Resolved, That tlie thanks of this Association l)e, and 
they are hereby, tendered to Dr. Foster for liis humane and 
patriotic ofter of professional services, and the same are 
gratefully accepted, and that the Secretary be requested to 
notify Dr. Foster of the action of this Association. 

Rev. Dr. Yinton, from the Committee on Correspond- 
ence with the National Government, verbally reported. 

That they had connnmunicated in writing to the Secre- 
tary of War on the subject-matter of their appointment, and 
that, during the course of next week, one or more of the 
members of the committee propose to visit Washington to 
have a personal interview with the national authorities with 
reference to this matter. 

Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Location, verbally 
reported : 

That the building No. 194 Broadway could be rented at 
the rate of $4,000 per annum, and that Col. Howe would 
take the first floor and part of the basement, and 23ay rent 
therefor at the rate of $2,000 per annum, leaving $2,000 
per annum to be paid by this Association for the remainder 
of the building. 

A letter was also read from Dr. Dale, Surgeon-Gen- 
eral of the State of Massachusetts, in reference to this build- 
ing, approving of its interior arrangements and excellent 
location. 

Whereupon, it was unanimously 

Resolved, That the Committee on Location be continued, 
and instructed to rent the building No. 194 Broadway, and 



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prepare the same as speedily as possible for the beneficiaries 
of this Association. 

On motion of Mr. Hawkins, it was 

Voted., That a Finance Committee be appointed, to con- 
sist of one member from each State. 

Whereupon, Messrs. 

Fogg, of Maine, 
Peabody, of Kew Hampshire, 
Paine, of Vermont, 
Wellington, of Massachusetts, 
Knight, of Rhode Island, and 
P. H. McCcRDY, of Connecticut, 
were appointed such committee. 

On motion, it was 

Yoted, That Mr. Low, the Treasurer of this Association, 
be added to said committee, and be, ex-officio, the Chair- 
man thereof. 

On motion of Gen. Wetmore, 

Rev. Dr. H. W. Bellows and Eev. Dr. Samuel Os- 
good were unanimously elected members of this Asso- 
ciation. 

The Committee on Organization made a verbal report, 
and asked leave to defer making the Report in writing until 
the next meeting of the Association, which was granted. 

On motion of Mr. Gould, it was 

Yoted, That the Secretary divide this General Commit- 
tee into five sub-committees, exclusive of the several State 
agents, to form visiting committees for the purpose of re- 
ceiving, visiting, and attending to the wounded and dis- 
abled soldiers as they shall, from time to time, arrive in 
the city ; such sub-committees to cooperate with the State 
agents and medical attendants, each connnittee to serve one 
week, and to have the powers of substitution and of increas- 
ing their numbers. 

Mr. Burns, on behalf of the proprietors of the Astor 
House, tendered to this Association the gratuitous use of a 
room or rooms in their hotel for the purpose of holding the 
meetings of the Association at any time they may desire to 
make such use of them. 



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Whereupon, it was 

Voted, That the thanks of this Association be, and tliey 
are liereby, tendered to the proprietors of the Astor House 
for their liberal and generous offer. 

General Wetmore made a verbal statement, setting forth 
some of the many acts of charity and kindness rendered by 
the proprietors of the Astor House to New England troops 
passing through Xew York, and jiarticularly by Mr. Charles 
Stetson and family to the wounded and sick soldiers who 
have been brought to this city, and thereupon offered the 
following 

PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION. 

Whereas, this Association has been informed of the 
many acts of Christian charity, sympathy, and kindness 
shown by Charles A. Stetson, Esq., and family, to the 
wounded, sick, and sufiering soldiers who have passed 
through this city on their way to their homes from the 
seat of war. 

And, whereas, it is the duty, as well as the pleasure of 
this Association to recognize and acknowledge such acts of 
disinterested benevolence and patriotism, therefore, 

J?esolved, unanimously, that this committee tender their 
sincere thanks to General Stetson and the members of his 
family for their kind attentions to the sick and wounded 
soldiers who have passed through New York on their way 
to their homes. 

Resolved, That the Secretary cause this Preamble and 
Resolution to be engrossed, signed by the officers of this 
Association, and sent to Mr. Stetson. 

On motion, adjourned to meet at this place on Thursday 
April 3, at half-past three o'clock p. m. 

William Bond, Secretary. 



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"NEW ENGLAND SOLDIEES' EELIEF ASSOCI- 
ATION." 

ADJOUENED MEETING. 

Thursday, A2-)ril 3, 1862. 

Pursuant to adjouninient, the Association met at No. 
30 Pine street. Room No. 14, and was called to order at 
half-past three o'clock p. m., by Mr. Gould, Yice-Chair- 
man. 

The following members of the Association were present : 

Messrs. 

Fogg, Paine, Low, Wetmoee, 

Peabody, Perkins, Yinton, Almy, 

Burns, Howe, I^jstight, Bond, 

PuLLEN, Wellington, Gould, Bellows. 

The Secretary read the minutes of previous meetings, 
which were approved, and the proceedings were unani- 
mously coniirmed. 

The Committee on Organization reported in writing 
through General Wetmore, Chairman, and presented a ba- 
sis of organization, which was read and discussed, section 
by section. 

After a considerable discussion by Messrs. Bellows, 
Vinton, Wetmore, Peabody, Almy, Paine, Hov\'e, Burns, 
and others, upon the subject-matter of Article 1, relating to 
a name for this Association, the Article was amended by 
filling the blank left by the Committee with the words 
" New England Soldiers' Relief Association." 

The Report of the Committee was then accepted, and 
the basis of organization, as amended and reported com- 



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plete by the Committee, was adopted, and ordered to be re- 
corded with the minutes, 

PREAMBLE. 

This Association, representing tlie sons of New England 
resident in the city of New York appointed in public meet- 
ing for the purpose of forming an association to aid and 
care for the sick and wounded soldiers passing through the 
city of New York on their way to or from the war, do 
hereby adopt the following 

Plan of Organization : 

First. The name of this Association shall be '•' New 
England Soldiers' Relief Association." 

Second. The officers of this Association shall be a Chair- 
man, a Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, 
and two Recording Secretaries. 

Third. The Association shall hold their meetings for the 
transaction of business by adjournment, or whenever called 
together by order of the Chairman or Yice-Chairman, or of 
any three members of the Association. 

Fourth. The Chairman or Yice-Chairman shall preside 
at all meetings, and they shall be governed by the usual 
rules of order. In case of the absence of both these officers, 
the Association may appoint a Chairman pro tempore. 

Fifth. The funds of the Association shall be provided 
by voluntary contribution, and shall in all cases be paid 
into the hands of the Treasurer, who shall keep a record of 
all receipts, and shall disburse them only on bills duly cer- 
tified by one of the State agents, and approved by the 
Chairman or Yice-Chairman. The Treasurer shall report 
the state of the finances whenever he may deem it desirable, 
and whenever requested to do so by the Association. He 
shall be, ex-officio, a member and Chairman of the Finance 
Committee, when the same shall be appointed. 

Sixth. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the 
correspondence and preserve copies thereof in a volume to 
be devoted to that purpose for the use of this Association. 



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Seventh. The Recording Secretaries shall record the 
proceedings of the Association in a volume i)rovided for 
that purpose, and be present at each meeting. They shall 
keep record of the attendance of the members, and shall 
call the roll of members promptly at the hour named for 
the meeting. 

Eighth. Tlie Secretary shall select from this Association 
five committees, (excluding the several State agents,) to form 
visiting committees for the purpose of receiving, disposing 
of, visiting, and attending to the wounded or disabled sol- 
diers as they shall, from time to time, arrive in the city ; 
such committees to cooperate with the State agents and 
medical attendants ; each committee to serve one week, 
and to have the powers of substitution and of increasing 
their numbers at pleasure ; and the Recording Secretary 
shall give due written notice to each member of the com- 
mittee of his turn. 

Ninth. This Association shall have power to call general 
meetings of the sons of I^Tew England at such times as may 
be deemed proper, in order to submit to their consideration 
the action and plans of the Association, and to solicit their 
aid and advice in promoting the objects of this Association, 
namely, the tender care of volunteer soldiers who may have 
been disabled in the camp, in battle, and on the march to 
or from the seat of war. 

Tenth. These articles may be altered or added to at any 
meeting by a vote of a majority of the Association present, 
notice of the alteration or addition having been given at a 
previous meeting. 

Eleventh. At any meeting of this Association, the num- 
ber of nine shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 

The Committee on Location made a verbal report, stat- 
ing that the building rented for the use of this Association 
would be ready on the fifth day of April. 

Rev. Dr. Yinton then oifered, and Judge Peabody sec- 
onded, the following resolution : 

Resolved., That Col. Frank E. Howe be appointed Super- 



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intendent of the rooms and offices provided for the use of 
this Association, Avhich was unanimously adopted. 

Mr. Gould then read the following letter from Governor 
Sprague, of Rhode Island, which was ordered to be re- 
corded with the minutes, 

" State of Rhode Island, &c., ) 
" Executive Department. ) 
" Providence, Ap7-il 2, 1862. 

" Dear Sir : I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of 
your tavor of the 29th ult., communicating a copy of Resolutions 
passed at a meeting of the New Englanders. ' 

" Be pleased to accept my thanks fn- your complimentary ac- 
tion. We are proud to be New Englanders, and to work under 
that honored name. 

" I am, very truly, your obedient servant, 

" Wm. Sprague. 
"To Chas. Gould, Esq., Secretary, &e." 

Rev. Dr. Bellows, on behalf of the President and Fac- 
ulty of the Thirteenth Street Medical College, offered for 
the free use of this Association a ward in their Hospital 
with accommodations and medical attendance for one hun- 
dred of the beneficiaries of this Association, 

Whereupon, it was unanimously 

I^esolved, That the thanks of this Association be, and 
they are, tendered to the President and Faculty of the Thir- 
teenth Street Medical College, for their liberal, humane, 
and patriotic offer, which is gratefully accepted and referred 
to Messrs. Hawkins, Almy, and Howe, to confer with them 
more particularly in reference thereto. 

Dr. Perkins having in behalf of Dr. T. M. Cheeseman 
tendered his professional services to this Association, it was, 
on motion of Mr. Pullen, 

Jiesolved, That the thanks of this Association be, and 
they are hereby, tendered to Dr. Cheeseman for his humane 
and patriotic offer of professional services, and the same are 
gratefully accepted, and that tlie Secretary be requested to 
notify Dr. Cheeseman of the action of this Association. 

The Secretary, Mr. William Bond, submitted the fol- 
lowing: 



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EEPORT. 

The Secretary respectfully submits : 

Tliat, acting under the resolution authorizing him to 
subdivide this General Committee for certain purposes in 
said resolution specified, he has subdivided this General 
Committee into three sub-committees, leaving two to be 
hereafter designated, and that said sub-committees are con- 
stituted as follows : 



Messrs. Hitchcock, 
Wellington, 

PULLEN, 

Gould, 

YiNTON, 

Peabody, 
Low, 
, Wetmoee, 
Paine, 
Bltins, 

HOPPIN, 

Fogg, 



For the week ending 
A2)rU 10. 

For the week ending 
April 17. 

For the week ending 
April 24. 



Which report was unanimously adoj^ted, and the Secre- 
tary was requested to notify the gentlemen above desig- 
nated, in relation thereto. 

On motion of Pev. Dr. Yinton, it was unanimously 

I^esolved, That the officers of this Association be, and 
they are hereby, appointed a committee to carry out the 
object and purposes of the resolutions passed at the Fifth 
Avenue Hotel meeting in reference to inviting the coopera- 
tion of other bodies and associations with this Association. 

On motion of Gen. Wetmore, Mr. William H. L. Barnes 
was elected Corresponding Secretary of this Association. 

On motion, Messrs. Low, Gould, and Bond were ap- 
pointed a Committee on Printing, with instructions to pro- 
vide such Books, Printed Blanks, &c., as they may deem 
necessary. 

Pev. Dr. Bellows, on behalf of the Sanitary Commission 



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tendered to this Association, hospital stores, garments, 
medicines, and such other articles as may conduce to the 
wants and comforts of the beneficiaries of this Association, 
the same to be furnished at any time at their depot on the 
requisition of the proper I'cpresentatives of this Association. 

"Whereupon, Eev. Dr. Vinton oifered the following pre- 
amble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted : 

Whereas, The Sanitary Commission, by their President, 
Eev. Dr. Bellows, has made offer to this Association of 
hospital stores, garments, medicines, and other useful and 
necessary articles, therefore 

JResolmd, That the thanks of this Association be, and 
they are hereby, tendered to the Sanitary Commission for 
their considerate offer, which is thankfully accepted. 

On motion, adjourned to meet at the Astor House on 
Friday, April 4, 1862, at 3^ o'clock p. m. 

William Bond, Secretary. 
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"NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' EELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 

ADJOURNED MEETING. 

Friday, April ith, 1862. 

The Association met pursuant to adjournment, at lialf 
past tln'ee p. m., at room No. 41, Astor House. 

The Chairman and Vice-Chairman being absent, on mo- 
tion of Rev. Dr. Vinton, Gen. P. M. "Wetmore was unan- 
imously elected Cliairman ^^ro tempore. 

Tiie following members were present, viz. : 

Messrs. Hawkins, Pullcn, AVellington, Vinton, Wet- 
more, Barnes, Peabody, Gould, Burns, Howe, Low, Knight, 
Almy, Hitchcock, Bond. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read by the Corre- 
sponding Secretary. 

The Chairman suggested that he had observed a dis- 
crepancy between the minutes and the by-laws embodied in 
them as respected the title of this body. In the one it was 
described as a Committee, and in the other as an Associa- 
tion. He thought this the proper time to determine whether 
it was an Association or a Committee of an Association. 
After discussion by Pev. Dr. Vinton, Mr. Hawkins, and 
others, on motion of Pev. Dr. Vinton, the minutes were 
amended so as to read " Association," wherever the word 
" Committee" occurs. 

The minutes as amended were then unanimously ap- 
proved. 

On motion of Mr. Hawkins, the Corresponding Secre- 
tary was directed to inform all members of the Committee 
of their election, and to obtain information whether they 
intended to serve. 



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The Chairman directed the Secretary to read a com- 
munication received by the Association from George Bliss, 
jr., A. D. C, and Col. Commanding N. Y. Dejiot of Vol- 
unteers, which was read, as follows : 

Op'fice of Commandant of Depot ) 
OF Volunteers, ) 

New Yokk, April 4, 1862. 
Charles Gould, Esq., Vice-Chairman, d:c. : 

Dear Sir : I hog to inform yon that, on behalf of the 
State of New Yoi-k, I ain engaged in fitting up the southern por- 
tion of the Park Barracks on Broadway, as a temporary receiving 
hospital, for the sick and wounded volunteers arriving in this city. 
It is intended to provide at once one hundred beds, and to arrange 
so that as many more can be added at a few hours' notice, but the 
building is large enough to accommodate many more than this 
if needed. 

The Association of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and 
Brooklyn, (represented by Dr. Wood at the meeting at which 
your Committee was appointed,) will take medical charge of the 
patients. 

Li the same spirit which has led the State of New York to 
throw the Park Barracks open freely to the use of all regiments 
and soldiers arriving in this city, it is both my duty and my pleasure 
to state these facts to the Committee over which you preside, and 
to express the hope that they will find it consistent witli their 
views of duty and propriety, to cooperate in this effort to care for 
all sick and wounded volunteers. 

I may be allowed to add that the Park Barracks seem to me 
better adapted than any other building I know of, to answer the 
purpose your Committee have in view — the reception and care for 
a few hours of sick and wounded men. 

I need hardly add in behalf of the State, that I shall cordially 
cooperate with your Committee in laboring for a common end. 
My desire is to see one systematic and efficient organization at 
work, representing all the States whose sick and wounded men 
are likely to arrive here, and caring for all alike. 

Such accommodations as your Committee may desire in addi- 
tion to those now preparing, will be readily furnished you at the 
Park Barracks without expense ; or, if your Committee desire it, 
arrangements can easily be made for sharing the expense. 



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May I beg the flivor of an early answer in order that, if you 
wish it, your views may be consulted in the fitting up of the Bar- 
racks ? 

1 am, sir, 

Your obedient servant, 

Geo. Bliss, jr., 

A. D. C, and Colonel Commanding 
N. Y. Depot of Volunteers. 

Whereupon, Rev. Dr. Vinton offered the following reso- 
lution, which was unanimously adopted : 

Hesolved, That this Association cordially reciprocates 
the oifer of Col. Bliss, A. D. C. and Col. Commanding N. 
Y. Depot of Yolunteers, to cooperate with this Association 
in the care of sick and wounded soldiers returning from the 
seat of war to their homes. 

Hesolved, That the Secretary inform Col. Bliss, A. D. C, 
&c., that the building occupied by the New England Sol- 
diers' Relief Association, 104 Broadway, is open at all 
hours for the admission of any disabled soldiers returning 
from the war. 

The following letter was then presented and read from 
Dr. John H. Griscom : 

42 East 29th St., April 4, 1862. 

My dear Sir : Should the Committee of the Sons of New 
England desire any counsel in relation to the hygienic or medi- 
cal arrangements, contemplated for the reception and care of the 
sick and wounded soldiers m transitu through this city, it will 
afford me great pleasure to render any assistance in my power. 

The sick volunteers now in the New York Hospital, occupy 
some portion of my time at present, but I will gladly give any 
required attention in aid of the benevolent labors of your organi- 
zation. 

Very respectfully, 

Jno. H. Griscom. 
Chas. Gould, Esq. 

Whereupon, on motion of Col. Howe, it was 
Hesolved, That the thanks of this Association l)e, and 
they are hereby, tendered to Dr. Griscom for his humane 



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and patriotic offe]- of professional services, and tlie same are 
gratefully accepted, and that the Secretary be requested to 
notify Dr. Griseom of the action of this Association. 

Gen. Wettnore, on behalf of Dr. A. K. Gardner, having 
tendered his profesional services to this Association, it was, 
on motion of Rev. Dr. Yinton, 

Hesolved, That the thanks of this Association be and 
they are hereb}^, tendered to Dr. Gardner for his humane 
and patriotic offer of professional services, and the same are 
gratefully accepted, and that the Secretary be requested to 
notif}' Dr. Gardner of the action of this Association. 

The Chairman suggested that it was necessary to fill the 
blank in Section Eleven of the Plan of Organization, declar- 
ing what number should constitute a quorum ; and, after 
some discussion, on motion of liev. Dr. Vinton, it was re- 
solved that nine should be inserted in the said section, so 
that nine members of the Association should constitute a 
quorum thereof. 

The Chairman then announced the organization of the 
^Association to be complete. 

Mr. Hawkins moved the appointment of a committee of 
three, to prepare a suitable book for the enrolling of the 
members of the Association, and preserving a record of 
their respective offerings in aid of the Association. Car- 
ried. 

The Chairman appointed as such committee Messrs. 
Hawkins, Vinton, and Knight. 

On motion of Mr. Knight, the Corresponding Secretary 
was directed to prepare and cause to be printed, in a com- 
pendious form, 1,000 copies of the Plan of Organization of 
the Association, together with a list of its officers, and a de- 
scription of the building occupied by the Association. 

On motion of Col. Howe, the State Agents were ap- 
pointed a committee to procure a suitable flag-staff and flag 
for the Association building, 194 Broadway. 

On motion of Dr. Vinton, the State Agents were ap- 
pointed a committee to procure suitable l)Ooks for recording 
the names, <fec., of all visitors to the Association, and also a 



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book for recording the names, residences, and other facts of 
interest, of all beneficiaries of the Association. 

The Treasurer, being called on to report, stated that 
there had as yet been no meeting of the Finance Commit- 
tee, and he had nothing to report. 

On motion of Mr. Almj, seconded by Col. Howe, it was 
unanimously 

Resolved^ That R. H. McCurdy, Esq., be, and he is here- 
by, elected a member of this Association. 

Col. Howe proposed Hon. R. J. Andrews, Surveyor of 
the port of ]^ew York, as a member of the Association, 
wdiich was seconded by Mr. Pnllen, whereupon it was unan- 
imously 

Besolved, That Hon, R. J. Andrews be, and he is here- 
by, elected a member of this Association. 

liesolved, That the Secretary notify Messrs. McCurdy 
and Andrews of their respective elections, and invite their 
attendance at future deliberations of the Association. 

Dr. Vinton gave notice that, at the next meeting of the 
Association, he should move to amend the by-laws by add- 
ing thereto a provision for the election of honorary mem- 
bers of the Association, who should not be resident in the 
State of New York. 

Mr. Hawkins gave notice that, at the next meeting of the 
Association, he should move to amend the by-laws by add- 
ing thereto a provision for membership of the Association 
whereby all New Englanders, or descendants of New Eng- 
landers, residing in New York, may become members 
thereof by enrolling their names and residence in the book 
of members. 

Col. Howe informed the Association, that Messrs. Stet- 
son had provided a temperance collation in an adjoining 
room, to which attention was specially invited. 

On motion of Col. Howe, a recess was taken. 

After the collation Mr. Charles Gould gave notice that, 
at the next meeting of the Association, he should move to 
amend the Plan of Organization by adding thereto the fol- 
lowing; section : 



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Any iiiember, living in the city, who shall absent him- 
self from three successive meetings of which he shall have 
been notified, without excuse, shall be (\.eQ\nQ^, ipso facto y 
to have resigned his office, and his connection with the As- 
sociation shall thenceforward cease. 

On motion of Col. Howe, it was unanimously 

Hesolved, That the thanks of this Association and of each 
individual here present be, and tliey are hereby, grateftdly 
tendered to the proprietors of the Astor House for the char- 
acteristic liberality which they have this day shown to this 
Association. 

On motion of Rev. Dr. Yinton, the Association ad- 
journed to meet on Tuesday evening, the 8th instant, at 8 
o'clock p. M.j at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 
Wm. H. L. Barnes, 

Cor. Sec. and Sec y pro tern. 



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"NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 

ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

Tuesday, April 8, 1862. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Association met at tlie 
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and was called to order at 8 o'clock 
p. M., by Mr. Gould, T ice-Chairman. 

The following members were present, A^iz. : 

Dexter A. Hawkins, Esq., Col. Feank E. Howe, State 

State Agent, Agent, 

William H. Fogg, Esq., F. E. Wellington, Esq., 
Rey. R. D. Hitchcock, D.D., Samuel E. Low, Esq., 
Hon. Benj. W. Bonnet, Nehemiaii Ivnight, Esq., 
Hon. Charles A. Peabody, Col. John H. Almy, State 
Maj. J. A. Pullen, Agent, 

John Paine, Esq., Gen. Prosper M. AYetmore, 

William Bond, Esq., Charles Gould, Esq., 

Dr. Maurice Perkins, Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., 

Samuel W. Bridgham, Esq. 

The Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting, 
which were approved, and the proceedings were unan- 
imously confirmed. 

Gen. Wetmore called up the amendment to the Plan of 
Organization, which Rev. Dr. Yinton gave notice at the 
last meeting he should offer for the consideration and action 
of this body. The amendment, after some discussion, was 
passed in the following words : 

" Section 12. This Association sliall be empowered to 
elect such honorary members from time to time as may be 
deemed expedient. 



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The amendment offered by Mr. Hawkins, of whieli lie 
had given notice at a previous meeting, was tlien brought 
np, and was discussed by Mr. Hawkins, Gen. Wetmore, 
Judge Bonney, and Judge Peabody, at some length ; after 
which discussion the amendment was withdrawn, and the 
following resolution, offered by Mr. li wkins and seconded 
by Rev. Dr. Hitchcock,' was unanimously adopted : 

Resolved^ That all natives of New England resident in 
the State of New York, desirous of cooperating with this 
Association, be invited to enroll their names and residences 
in the Register of the Association, and make whatever offer- 
ing they may be disposed to make to the funds of the Asso- 
ciation. 

The following letter from Rev. Dr. Bellows, President 
of the Sanitary Commission, was then presented, and read 
to the meeting : 

U. S. Sanitary Commission, ) 
New York, A'pril 8, 1862. f 

My dear Mr. Gould : A meeting of the Executive Commit- 
tee of the Sanitary Commission, at the very hour of your meeting 
this evening, makes my presence impossible at the session of the 
New Enghmd Soldiers' Relief Association. 

Being anxious, however, to Ivuow what measure of dependence 
you are going to place upon the stores of the Woman's Central 
Association, (one branch of the Sanitary Commission in this city,) 
I have requested my friend Mr. Bridgham, the active Committee 
man on svjyplies, in that body, to wait on you, to learn what you 
may now want, and arc likely to want from us. As we are con- 
stantly sending off our supplies to distant points, we do not wish 
to retain here more than is needful, while we are most anxious 
at the same time to retain all that is needful to meet the require- 
ments of your highly respected body. 

Please receive Mr. Bridgham in my name, and consider him 
as an official visitor from the Sanitary Commission. 

Of course he does not expect to intrude upon your Committee 
meeting ; but waits your orders, and such reception as your rules 
and wishes may allow. 

Respectfully yours, 

Henry W. Bellows, 

Pres. of the U. S. Sau. Com. 



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After tlie readiiiff of thp loff 

7. Bndghan. was u:LZ^ylZ T'^'' ^''' ^^--^ 
Association. '^^ ^^^^^ed a member of the 

It being- announced h^r n i tt 
0;.ap,..„ „, ,.^ ^_,^«;,^ C„ Hn:f' ^r ^^'•- Hen..,, 
tl'en n. an adjoining room h^ZT ' Annapolis, wa, 

specal committee to p.-ocnre hi ,^°T '™' minted a 
was inm.ediately performed ''"»d-''»«e, whiei, duty 

. ^''^ amendment offered by Mr fn,,! 7 <• , 
g'ven notiee at a preWous mletf ' °* '"'"«'' '« had 

and after discnssioi, waT Zttd £ T/ ,"' '^°"S'" "P' 

Section 13. Any member!, 7 '"."'"/"""wing words : 
-thout e«.„se, absent WelifrrV" "''' *'>" ='-"' 
">g^, (of whicl, he shall have bl , -f ?f ™«<='=''«i™ ™eet- 
Vfo/aeto, to have resiled hoffi'''''''\^''^" "^^ <'-»ed, 
w't^the Association shaU ],en 1 '/"^ ^^^ <^«»"ection 

The following lette, f '"™f *°™ard cease, 
eral of Rhode Want a Ten''' t""*,""' Mutant-Gen- 
--ed to commnnicato t^lt^ Lrdesh. ed^^ '^ 

State of Rhode Isl^^v^ &c ^ 

Adjutant Gexekal's O^ce 
*%...^arj/ Soldiers^ Belief 4. • • ™^'°'^"^^' ^^^^ ^i^''^^, 1862. j 

«.v»g support to ,.„„. or J;f ;[„,"'" "■"" "» other States, k 

He Avoidd be vervr pUA ;f , ' , 
part„«„t, the plans of tf^AsL-i^irte "'""™""^'^ '° "^ ^- 

I->,voryrespectfa„y,y„„„,,,;^^;;^_.^.^^_^^_ 

Wm. Bond, Esq. Assistant Adjutant-General. 

On the nomination of Qau w * 
fonney, the following gent^^lt""' "'°"''«' ''^ J»<Js« 
l'«"orary members o^f S A Ult ""^"'"'"-'^ elected -^ 
-as re^nested to notify thenf^^t ."^™ J"' '""^'^^^ 



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His Excellency, Governor Andrew, 

of Massachusetts. 
" " Governor Spkague, 

of Rhode Island. 
" " Governor BucKiNonAM, 

of Connecticut. 
" " Governor IIolbeook, 

of Yennont. 
" " Governor "Washburne, 

of Maine. 
" " Governor Berry, 

of New Hampshire. 
" " Governor Morgan, 

of NeiD Yorl^. 

Gen. "VVetmore, after a few remarks, nominated Col. 
George Bliss, jr., commanding New York Depot of Yolnn- 
teers, as a member of tliis Association, wliicli nomination 
was seconded by Col. Howe, and carried nnanimously, and 
tbe Secretary requested to notify Col. Bliss of liis election. 

Tlie following communication was then presented and 
read : 

We, the undersigned, place our professional services entirely 
at the order of the New England Soldiers' Relief Association, 
holding ourselves ready to attend to the wants of the wounded 
soldiers arriving in this city, at any hour of the day or night. 

A. K. Gardner, M. D., 144 East 13th st. 

W. R. Donaghe, M. D., 102 4th Avenue. 

J. E. Steele, M. D., Irving Place. 

J. P. Garrish, M. D., 40 West 21st st. 

Horace Green, INI. D., 12 Clinton Place. 

Geo. B. BoutOxV, 44 East 11th st. 

J. C. Kennedy, Duane st. 

Whereupon, on motion of Rev. Dr. Osgood, it was 
unanimously 

liesolved, That the thanks of this Association be, and 
they are hereby, tendered to Drs. Gardner, Donaghe, Steele, 
Garrish, Green, Bouton, and Kennedy, for their humane 



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and patriotic offer of professional services, and the same are 
gratefully aecej^ted ; and that the Secretary be requested 
to notify those gentlemen severally of tlie action of this As- 
sociation. 

The Secretary, Mr. William Bond, submitted the fol- 
lowing : 

The Secretary respectfully submits — 

That, acting nnder the Eighth Section of the Plan of 
Organization, which reads as follows : 

JEighth. The Secretary shall select from this Association 
five committees, (excluding the several State Agents,) to 
form Visiting Committees for the purpose of receiving, dis- 
posing of, visiting, and attending to the wounded or dis- 
abled soldiers as they shall, from time to time, arrive in the 
city ; such committees to cooperate with the State Agents 
and medical attendants ; each committee to serve one week, 
and to have the. powers of substitution, and of increasing 
their numbers at pleasure ; and the Recording Secretary 
shall give due notice to each member of the committee of 
his turn — 

He has selected the following 

VISITING COMMITTEES: 

For the WeeJc ending April 17th. 

Rev. Feancis Yinton, D. D., Hon. Chas. A. Peaboby, 
Samuel E. Low, Esq., Gen. Phospek M. Wetmoke. 

For the WecTc ending April 24:th. 

JonN Paine, Esq., Jeremiah Burns, Esq., 

William J. Hoppin, Esq., William H. Fogg, Esq., 

For the WeeTc ending May 1. 

Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., R. H. McCurdy, Esq., 
Nehemiaii Knight, Esq., Hon. Benj. W. Bonne y. 

For the Weelc ending 2Iny 8th, 

Rev. R. D. Hitchcock, D. D., F. E. Wellington, Esq., 
Maj. J. A. PuLLEN, Wm. H. L. Barnes, Esq. 



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For the Weeh ending May 15th. 

William M, Evarts, Esq., Rev. Ekancis Yinton, D. D., 
Samuel E. Low, Esq., Chaeles Gould, Esq. 

Also that due notice has been sent to each member of 
the committees designated. 

"William Bond, Secretary. 

AYhich report was imanimonsly accepted. 

Ilev. Dr. Hitchcock, after a few prefatory remarks, read 
a letter which he had received, in which the writer, on the 
part of herself and others, tendered their services in any 
way that they conld be rendered available in cooperation 
with this Association in ministering to the wants, necessi- 
ties, and comforts of the sick and wounded soldiers who 
shall arrive in this city, and suggesting the plan of an aux- 
iliary association of women to be organized and conducted 
under the supervision of this Association, in order that the 
purposes of this humane charity may be carried out with 
greater system and efficiency. 

The subject-matter referred to in the letter was discussed 
by Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, Rev. Dr. Osgood, Mr. Bond, Judge 
Peabody, Col. Howe, and others ; after which discussion the 
following resolutions were offered by Mr. Bond, seconded 
by Judge Peabody, and unanimously adopted : 

Resolved., That this Association, recognizing the eminent 
propriety of rendering such services, gratefully accept the 
•offer made through Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, of the assistance 
of an Association of women in promoting the objects of this 
Association as declared in the basis of organization, namely, 
" the tender care of volunteer soldiers who may be or may 
become disabled in the camp, in battle, or on the march to 
or from the seat of war." 

Resolved, That a committee of three, of which the Rev. 
Dr. Hitchcock shall be the Chairman, be appointed with 
full power to initiate, and on behalf of this organization to 
perfect, a plan by which the assistance and services of an 
auxiliary association of women may be made available in 



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C°'- F-ank V no.;X^::^^^- a-. Osgood, and 
6«ch committee. ■■ ""''="'™'. Ac, were appointed 

On motion of Col. Howe it „ 
roM, Tl.at the office.rof 1 . 
to. officially notify Lie„t"col A 'b r;"""" ''' ■■«^"-'ed 
missarj General of Subsistence 17^.°"' ^'"''''""' Com- 
t'on and p,„-pose of tin's AssocL^' ;' "' *''" "'g^'-'ka- 
««eh ofBeial cooperation tsTe , !"' T" '''l''^^' '™"' ''i™ 
«>e regnlations of his depr.tn'nt "^ "" '=°'"-^'-' ->«> 

Oo . Howe announced that l,e I, , 
formation from the E.wcuti ! "/'"■'.''.«<=<'"■«' official in- 
«P-ssi„g their cordial spatZ ':"''? "' ^^''^'^ ^^''-d, 
™"' this Association i„ CrrvW ^ •''"'■' *" ^°«P-*te 
poses. canying out its benerolent pur. 

Col. Howe announced t7„t i i , 
cation from His E.^celleeyG: 'a T^'™'' -»»■-""- 
gfft.facation at the organization J;, . ''""'' ^Pvessing his 
-fying his intention t°o pla" '^i""?."^''""^*'""' ^'^ -g 
to I.e used for the comfortable r "^'"^' "" '""^•"«»- 
and wounded soldiers throngl'l* 7™''-^'- "' *''« -'^t 

.-» His E.4l,en J/eorerir B ='/• '1 ''-^ '''"^ --'fy 
;f"t. -I>o had desirS hta to Lo" J?'""' "' ^^^-t^ 

'■»« the objects of this orgSoT . ""™ ^^-c- 
State h,s thanks for their tho" "ht T' T °" '^«''''«' of the 
ness in making provision fori''.,"'^ ™"-'-ate kind- 
neeticut soldiers. He also -ll 7 ^"'' ^™"nded Con- 

to contribute person fy't itlrir™'"^' '" ^^ •■'"<'- 
«-->.» of one hundrecf dolllrs "''' "' '''« '^^-iation 

:f-c to~rde::iifr,:tr'! ^°'- -"-^-^ ■■» 

tlie building No IW RrlS "'" "'"'"'e fitting „,'? 

--eforred^toth-eclf:':::^,' -''-•. after dis'tSo, 

On n,otion of Mr. Ivnio-ht 17 ^°'^'" '° determine 
■^^'a^t, It was 



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Voted, That the Finance Committee be authorized and 
requested to perfect the details connected witli the lease of 
the premises No. 19i Broadway. 

Mr. Bridgham, on behalf of the Sanitary Commission, 
made some remarks in reference to the matters referred to 
in the letter of Kev. Dr. Bellows, previously read. 

Whereupon, on motion, it was 

Resolved, That the General Superintendent, Col. Frank 
E. Howe, with Messrs. Almy and Hawkins, State Agents, 
be appointed a committee to confer with the Sanitary Com- 
mission in regard to the inquiries and suggestions contained 
in the communication of Rev. Dr. Bellows, President, &c., 
and to determine the action of this Association in relation 
thereto. 

Rev. Mr. Henry being called upon, addressed the meet- 
ing, and made some interesting statements regarding the 
hospital at Annapolis, and also gave the benefit of his ob- 
servation and experience with soldiers, in furtherance of the 
general purposes of this Association. 

On motion, adjourned to meet at No. 194 Broadway, on 
Tuesday, April 15, at 7^ p. m. 

William Bond, Secretary. 



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" NEW EIS'GLAND SOLDIERS' EELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 

ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

Tuesdai/, April 15, 18G2. 

Pursuant to adjonrnnient, the Association met at the 
Association Building, No. lOi Broadway. 



Present, Messrs. 
Hawkins, 
Bonnet, 

PULLEN, 

AVellington, 

IIOPPIN, 

Gould, 



Fogg, 

Peabody, 

Paine, 

Low, 

Almy, 

Bridgham, 

Perkins. 



Hitchcock, 

Burns, 

Howe, 

Knight, 

Wetmore, 

Osgood, 



The Chairman and Vice-Chairman being absent, the 
meeting was called to order, at half-past 7 o'clock, by Gen. 
P. M. Wetmore, upon whose nomination, 

Judge Bonney was called to the Chair. 

The minutes of the last preceding meeting were read 
and approved. 

The Treasurer of the Association, Mr. Low, from the 
Finance Committee, made a verbal report, that the Com- 
mittee has met with mai'ked and gratifying success in their 
labors; that, although the printed subscription lists were 
only ready lor use on Friday night last, yet the lists hand- 
ed in to-night show subscriptions to the amount of $2,455; 
and the Committee has no doubt of obtaining, without 
any difficulty, the whole amount tliat may be I'equired. 

The report was accepted, and received M'itli acclama- 
tion. 

The Yice-Chairman, Mr. Gould, having entered, took 
the chair at the request of Judge Bonney. 



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Kev. Dr. Ilitclicock, from the Cominitteo appointed at 
the hist meeting to arrange a plan of cooperation with the 
proposed Auxiliary Association of Women, reported : 

That the Committee had succeeded in securing the co- 
operation of thirty ladies, under the following arrangement : 

"THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY COMMITTEE 

OF THE 

NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION," 

Is divided into live weekly committees, and they are 
expected to hold themselves in readiness to attend at the 
Association Building, Ko. 194 Broadway, during their re- 
spective weeks, upon due notice being given. 

For the Week ending A2)ril 24. 

Mrs. John Paine, No. 140 Fifth Avenue. 

Miss Jane S. Woolsey, No. 8 Brevoort Place. 

Mrs. K. D. Hitchcock, No. 149 East Twelfth Street. 

Mrs. H. B. Smith, No. 34 East Twenty-fifth Street. 

Mrs. Dr. Gurdon Buck, No. 121 Tenth Street. 

Mrs. Geoege S. Robbins, No. 39 East Twenty-third St. 

For the Week ending May 1. 

Mrs. Samuel Osgood, No. 154 West Eleventh Street. 

Mrs. G. WiNTHROP Gray, No. 32 Washington Square. 

Mrs. J. W. Post, No. 79 West Tenth Street. 

Mrs. A. Brookes, No. 82 West Thirty-first Street. 

Mrs. A. C. Richards, Fort Washington. 

Mrs. W. G. Sterling, No. 32 West Thirty-third Street. 

For the Week ending May 8. 

Mrs. Charles Gould, No. 5 East Twenty-sixth Street. 
Mrs. Andrew Wesson, Madison Av. cor. Fortieth St. 
Miss GiLMAN, No. 74 East Twenty -seventh Street. 
Miss McCurdy, No. 10 East Fourteenth Street. 
Mrs. M. O. Egberts, No. 118 Fifth Avenue. 
Miss Annie Potts, No. 27 Fifth Avenue. 
3 



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""'^'^'-'-^Veel ending May I, 

*-G.K.3...,s,,,,:j^-^,T-"0-,„-,, street 

-■o"»s and S.„.geo,;., lua e'e^.T ""=,^^™"™'»ee of P,,^. 

Plensm-e U>ei. a,,p,.„v.^, „ .j^;''''';"' •■'"d expressed wul 

'"% its excellent ven.ij^^o" ""■»'-' "'"' ™«'-^ P-*'c»- 

^- he ,,as -porttd ro^'foetitT;"';''^ «".-intende„t 

'■^=«Iytoooope,.aewt t i r'"-".''' "'^' "'«' body! 

B"olc has given di.eetio, ^ fo ' o ' ""'' '"^''^ ' "■'■"Dr. 
;P««.ons,. also tl.at D, B, d" ," '""^'^^ ''°'' ^"'-gieal 

°"";°" a case of n,edici„es ' '^""'*"'^ "' "'is Asso- 

^" *!"s connection tl,o fMi • 

' " '""°'""? "ote from Dr. Bud. ' 



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was presented, and ordered, with the accompanying paper, 
to be entered on the minntes : 

"New York, AprU U, 1862. 

"Wji. M. Evarts, Esq., Chairman N. E. S. Relief Association : 

" E LAiJ Sir : I beg leave to inclose herewith an extract from the 
proceedings of the N. York Surgical Aid Association, which you 
will please submit to the New England Soldiers' Eelief Association. 
Hoping that our proposition may result in the harmonious coopera- 
tion of both Associations, 

" I remain, very respectfully and truly, yours, &c., 
" GuRDON Buck, 
" Chairman Ex. Com., d-c, 121 T'enth si." 

" At a meeting of the New York Surgical Aid Association's 
Executive Committee, held on the 10th April, 18G2, a communica- 
tion from the New England Soldiers' Eelief Association was sub- 
mitted and read. Thereupon it was 

" Resolved, That though this Association deem it inexpedient, 
and respectfully decline to send representatives from their own body 
to be members of the Permanent Committee of the New England 
Soldiers' Eelief Association, they are desirous, and hereby ofler to 
render all necessary professional services to the sick and wounded 
soldiers under the jurisdiction of the New England Association, 
provided arrangements mutually satisfactory can be made for accom- 
plishing the object. 

" Resolved, That Doctors Buck and Stone be appointed a Com- 
mittee of Conference, to communicate the above resolution, and 
""ith power to carry its provisions into effect. 

" GuRDON Blxk, M. D., 

" Chairman Exec. Committee, 
" Chas. K. BRroDON, M. D., 
" Sec. Exec. Committee." 

Col. Howe reported further tliat he had received from 
Dr. E.. S. Satterlee, Assistant Medical Purvej'or's office, 
New York, the following invoice of Hospital Bedding, &c.y 
and the donation of sundry articles from several generous 
friends : 



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Invoice of Hosjntal Bedding, d'c, furnished to Col. Frank E. Hoioe, 
Superintendent Soldiers^ Relief Association : 



"New YoEii, Ajyril 0, 186 
BOOKS. 



r\ 



"Army Med. Pdrvkyor's Office 
18 

No 



Hospital Kegisters, .... 1 

BEDDING, ETC. 

Bedsteads, iron, ..... 150 

Bed sacks, 150 

Blankets, woollen, 150 

Coverlets, . . . . . 150 

Pillow Cases, • . . . . 300 

" Ticks, 150 

Sheets, muslin, ..... 300 

Towels, 100 

Cups, tin, ...... 24 

Pots, Coffee and Tea, . . . 12 

Litters, Hand, ..... 4 

Chair Close Stool, . . . .' 1 

Boxes, Packing, ..... 1 

E. I. Satteelee, 

Purveyor and Sec. 

And also from the United States Sanitaiy Commission 
the following list of articles : 

33 Quilts. 30 Pair Drawers. 

50 Woollen Shirts. 25 Pair Slippers. 

50 Pair Woollen Socks. 100 Pillows. 
30 Shirts. 30 Cushions for wounded. 

150 Towels. 16 Jars Currant Jelly. 

1 box containing a supply of Lint, Bandages, Adhesive Plaster, 
old Cotton and Linen, and other appliances for the wounded. 

The following letters were presented, and ordered to 
be placed on the minntes : 



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" Office of Asst. Com. Gen. Subsistence, ) 
" New York, April 14, 1862. \ 
"Charles Gould, Esq., 

" Vice- Chairman ISF. E. S. Relief Association : 
Sir : In response to your letter of tlie 8th inst., asking the co- 
operation of the Subsistence Department, I am directed to cooperate 
with the Association so far as to furnish subsistence to the sick and 
wounded sokliers. 

" Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

« A. B. Eaton, Lt.-Col and A. C. G. S." 

" New York, April 9, 1862. 
" Dear Sir : I have received your favor of to-day, informing me 
that I had been elected a member of the New England Soldiers' 
Relief Association. 

*' I beg through you to thank the Association for the honor con- 
ferred upon me. Heartily sympathizing in the cause the Associa- 
tion has in charge, and myself engaged in a similar work, I shall 
not fail to do all in my power to promote that cause. 
" Your obedient servant, 

"George Bliss, jr. 

Sec. N. E. 8. Relief Association.'''' 

On motion of Mr. Paine, seconded by Col. Howe, 

Dr. Eleazer Parmly, a native of Vermont, was unani- 
mously elected a member of tliis Association. 

Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee appointed for that 
purpose, reported : 

That they had caused to be made the following books : 

1st. Register. 

2d. Index. 

3d. Visitors' Book, 
and now exhibit these books to the Association. 

That this splendid set of books was made to order ac- 
cording to the express directions of the Committee, by the 
well-known firm of stationers, Messrs. Francis & Loutrel, 
and that those gentlemen, with great kindness and gener- 
osity, had sent in their bill receipted, accompanied l)y the 
foUowino: letter : 



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. /'^^- S:h.. Please doTs'th!? ^^'^^^^ ^^ ^- '^^ ^^^^V/ -^..oc 

With respect, yours truly, 
WJiereujDon, "J^iJANcis & Loutkel." 

On motion of Mr P«- 
»nam,„o„sl,. ' '^'"^. '-^conded bj- Col. Howe, it was 

Jiesolued, That f?,„ *i , 

*:J- We.,, .endrJt'Mel'" ;? '^^-"■■-•«'> ^«. »d 
Uie„ very generous, accentabr i "'" -^^ ^«'"-e', tor 

'-ndsoi/ird tcel;: ttoT ' r T''''^' '"« *« ver, 

^^lereupon, -^^^cteugtic liberalifcj. 

On motion o'fJutWPe^hor]. 
^twas - ''^°^^'«^^^^^^^^d by Haj. Pollen 

'sJ"i»piofessional services: 

' Truly yours, 

mere„p„„, "''■ '''■ ''™'="^' ^^° Sixth Avenue,. 

On motion of M.- P^ 

^-^«^<.,Tbat';,fe°trc'«tl>/'--^^r'''-"''.''- 

t'ns Association be, and 



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they are hereby, tendered to Dr. Edward W. Lambert, for 
his humane and patriotic offer of professional services, and 
the same are gratefully accepted ; and that the Secretary 
be requested to notify Dr. Lambert of the action of this 
Association. 

The Secretary, Dr. Maurice Perkins, stated to the meet- 
ing tliat he has continual calls from physicians heartily of- 
fering their services to this Association, and also from the 
two years' students in the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, who are willing to spend day and night in rendering 
professional aid whenever it may be required. 

(3n motion of Judge Peabody, seconded by Mr. Haw- 
kins, 

Mr, Ilosea Ballon Perkins, a native of New Hampshire, 
was unanimously elected a member of this Association. 

Mr. Hawkins made a statement in reference to the di- 
mensions and capacit}^ of the Association Building, as fol- 
lows : 

The house consists of four commodious floors, contain- 
ing 16,000 square feet of space. The lower floor is divided 
into a committee-room and reception-room, the next two 
floors for dormitories, and the upper floor for kitchen, stor- 
age, and janitor's quarters. 

Col. Howe stated that he would be able to procure the 
services of a nurse, assistant nurse, and janitor, whom he 
believed to be more than ordinarily qualified to fulfil the 
duties of an establishment like this one; and that their en- 
tire services could be had at the rate of $600 per annum 
for all, and desired to know the pleasure of the Associa- 
tion. 

Whereupon, 

On motion of Judge Peabody, seconded by Mr. Paine, 
the whole matter was referred to Colonel Howe, Supt., 
with full authority to engage the persons referred to, at the 
rate of $600 per year, and to take whatever action in the 
matter may seem advisable to him. 

Some remarks highly eulogistic of the taste, skill, and 
energy, displayed by Colonel Howe in getting the Associ- 



40 

ation Building ready for occupancy, etc., were made by 
General AVetniore, upon whose motion, seconded hy Judge 
Feabody, it Avas 

Ordered, That the Secretary enter upon the minutes 
our unanimous and warm appreciation of the zeal, public 
spirit, taste, judgment, and devotion to duty so highl}^ dis- 
played by Colonel Howe, the superintendent, in fitting up 
and adapting to its uses this building, and of the very 
efficient manner in which he discharges the varied and 
onerous duties incident to his position as superintendent. 

On motion of Colonel Howe, a recess Avas taken to in- 
spect the building. 

After a thorough inspection of the establishment, the 
gentlemen present returned to the committee-room, where 
they found prepared a handsome collation, which was pre- 
sided over by Charles Gould, Esq., supported by Judge 
Bonney. 

After the cloth was removed, the Chairman proposed 
the health of Colonel Howe, our Superintendent. 

Which was responded to by Colonel Howe, M'ho gave a 
history of the commencement, jirogress, and completion of 
the present undertaking. 

Eloquent and appropriate speeches were also oiFered by 
the following gentlemen, who were called on to speak in 
the name of their respective States: 

Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, for Maine. 
Judge Bonney, " New Hampshire. 

Dr. Parmly, " Vermont. 

Rev. Dr. Osgood, " Massachusetts. 
Mr. Hoppin, " Rhode Island. 

Gen. Wetmore, " Connecticut. 

Dr. Osgood also spoke in eulogy of New York, as did 
Judge Peabody. 

Mr. Low and others followed. 

Colonel Howe, in a very stirring and impressive speech, 
introduced Mr. R. G. Moulton, of New York, who was 
residing in Manchester, England, at the time of the attack 



41 

upon Fort Sumter, and M-ho was the prime mover and 
originator of the patriotic donation of a complete battery 
of AVhitwortli's rifled cannon by b)yal American citizens in 
Enghind and France, who took that method of testifying 
their devotion to their country's flag. 

In the course of his remarks. Colonel Howe took occa- 
sion to state, that the Government had never yet made an 
acknowledgment of this patriotic gift, but on the contrary 
that Mr. Cameron, who was then Secretary of War, refused 
to have any thing to do with the guns, and itM^as with great 
difliculty that the War Department was finally induced to 
accept them ; and that they had never been put into ser- 
vice until the facts were brouglit to tlie knowledge of the 
President, Secretary Stanton, and General McClellan, the 
latter of whom immediately ordered them to be put into 
service in the attack upon Yorktow^n, and tliere they are 
now. 

In conclusion. Colonel Ilowe hoped that tliis Association 
would hail the opportunity of being the first to recognize 
the patriotism, liberality, and devotion of Mr. Moulton 
and his associates abroad, and off"ered the following reso- 
lution : 

Hesolved, That the Xew England Soldiers' Relief Asso- 
ciation, in behalf of the different States here represented, 
present their heartfelt thanks to R. G. Moulton, Esq., and 
his compatriots in England and France, for their generous 
donation to our common country, and for their eti:orts in 
its belialf on distant shores. 

Judge Bonney, alluding in appropriate terms to the 
character of Mr. Moulton as a successful merchant at home 
and a patriotic American abroad, begged leave to second t)ie 
resolution. 

General AYetmore asked leave also to second tlie reso- 
lution. He was a member of the Union Defence Com- 
mittee, and had had somewhat to do in respect to these 
guns, but until now had never heard the full history of the 
case. 

That Committee was informed that some valuable ffuns 



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■"d'.ced to take ti.eso ^„n b^ tt P *■" """ ""'^' «'«■« 
matter, and tJiey were sent tr Committee nrj^ed the 

h- been stated, are ranged , 17, ^yf;!'' ^^ "°"-' ^ 
, The resolntion was then ,"""'■" f'«'»"<'efi. 

"'■■ee ti.nes three for " on "o. ' '"T'"'?' "'°'"«'. -i". 
^'■- Monlton ;„ '^'°"'ers abroad." 

detailed th:'t;":o:xTi-t;ftr'--'»^'--P3ee,,, 

»™tof tlie g„„s,.,„,, tte'l " ," ''"'■'■■''•■'^« •■'"d ship- 
overcome before thev o < tff""' "'""'' "-■>' ''-d tl, 
the face of the Queen's '!,^ " "'" °*' "'« """"try i.; 

;-« - -^'-.; bntMr c ::;.:;,T:, ^'-^''"^'"^-'"-'-^ 

be son,e sort of a g„„ spec, ul,^" , T "'"" "''■" '' '""«' 
'o being n,i.xed npN.ith'a,: ' '°"^ f"^,,: -."■- -« -"erse 

JJiscluimino- for I ' i • ^^nicl. 

me,utfor,vInat'tl,eyco™ide!.el"'' °"'"P«"-'<"s abroad, any 
=o»el„ded amidst lo.^d "J:,'; ^^"■"' ^'"^^Mr. Mo;it„', 
<^n motion it was " 

^^^^^^^<^< That Messrs. Howe Po 
be a committee to transmit tC . '•^' '""'^ Wetmore 

^^:- Moulton and our fnC t ^^'T'T J'"" i^--^»' ^o 
.'-"ed in the patriotic don'tion f'"' '"' ^^•''^^^^' -^^o 
^•^.?J^t]y before the pnblic ' '"^ '' ^^^^^^^ ^^^ matter 

Colonel Howe broiip-ht ^^ ^i 
"- 'kindness and atS a'^fc:,"'- "^ ,"- Association 

'»o-l.y adopted '"""^^ '■^^°''"'--'. -''ich was nnani- 

Remlved, That the thanks of tl,- i 
Oolonel John H. Aln.y for , ,° , 1 "^'^'*o<='"tion are due to 
-'diers, who, not befong j' to'"';' "f™""" *o -ot.nded 
' " '" "'0 State of wJiicl, he is 



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jii^ent, had no claim upon his official attention ; and to Dexter 
A. Hawkins, Esq., for his valuable cooperation with the 
Superintendent in the general work of the Association. 
Adjourned to meet at the call of the Secretary. 

Maurice Perkins, Secretary, 



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" NEW ENGLAND SOLDIEKS' EELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 



SPECIAL MEETING- OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

New York, Tuesday, April 22, 1862. 

The Association met tliis day pursuant to notice, at the 
Association Building, No. 194 Broadway. 

Present, Messrs, 

Andrews, Bonney, Bond, 

BuKNS, Gould, Hawkins, 

HoppiN, Howe, Knight, 

Low, McCuEDY, Paine, 

Peabody, Peekins, Pullen, 
Wetmoee. 

The Chairman and Yice-Chairman being absent, the 
meeting was called to order at half-past 4 o'clock p. m., by 
General Wetmore, on whose motion 

John Paine, Esq., was called to the chair. 

The minutes of the last preceding meeting were read 
and approved. 

The Chairman stated the object for which the meeting 
had been called, which was to consider the propriety of 
taking certain measures for increasing the funds of the As- 
sociation beyond the amount at lirst suggested. 

Mr. Gould, the V^ice-Chairman, having arrived, at the 
request of Mr. Paine, took the chair, and made further 
statements in reference to the object of the meeting. 

Col. Howe, Superintendent, made a statement of the 
expenses of the Association thus far, which amounted to 
$1,290, and covered all the bills for arranging the building, 
including plumbing, gas litting, carpenters' work, &c. 

Col. Howe then verbally reported upon the general af- 



45 

fairs of the Association since the last meeting, and an in- 
formal discussion was had in relation thereto. 
Col. Howe then read the following letter : 

"New York, April 7, 1862. 
"CoL. Frank E. Howe, No. 194 Broadway: 

" Dear Sir: To the New England Association for the Eelief of 
Sick and Disabled Soldiers returning from the battle-field, I ofl^'er 
most freely, whenever called uj^on, my services as surgeon. 

"J. S. KiLBOURNE, M. D., No. 126 Franklin st." 

And stated, that he had been requested by Dr. Alfred 
Underhill to otfer his professional services to the Associa- 
tion. 

And also that Mr. Charles A. Stetson, of the Astor 
House, had desired him to say, that the professional services 
of Dr. Swan were at the disposal of the Association, when- 
ever required. 

He had also received the following letter from Colonel 
Eaton : 

" Office of Asst. Com. Gen. of Subsistence, ) 
" New York, April 16, 1862. \ 

"Col. Frank E. Howe, SujjL of N. E. S. E. Assoc, 194 Broad- 
waij, JY. Y. : 
" Please, when you subsist sick and wounded soldiers on rations 
supplied by this Department, have the period during which they 
shall have been so subsisted endorsed on their papers, furlough, or 
discharge, thus : 

"Subsisted at 194 Broadway, New York, from . . 
to . . inclusive. 

"For Subsistence Department, U. S. A., 
"By . . . .," 
and let the fact that such endorsement has been made, be noted on 
your book of records opposite each name. 

" Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"A. B. Eaton, Lt.-Col. and A. C. G. S." 

Col. Howe also stated that he had received from Dr. 
Yinton an account of his mission to Washington, but said 
that he should prefer to await a report from Dr. Yinton, 
personally, when he should be present with the Associa- 
tion. 



46 



" State of Vebmont Fv^ 
"WauAM Bono, Esq 9,. '/"^™"^^«--V.-n7, Is62. 

-L>EAR Sir : J J^g^^g ^j 

^ copy of t,,e .Mi„„t,, „f ,hf 'r'' '°.'"='""'"J«lge the receipt of 
New England Soldier.. Eel ef..*'"''"'"™ ^■'" P"ceeding. 7tte 
Hite note .terewit,,, int^fr;:;:"'' f ^'" ^■-^-' ^^^ 
Member of the Assoei.,tion, ft Tin, f T""" ^^ ^° """"'ary 
-c an Association, and I rctl ; ty ^ ""t "^ ^^ J«-^ 'o 
'I have read tie 'Mi„„tes. Ill ^ "^ """'''-'' f"-- "• 

^™; Noting ,., „,„,„,, ii on ' „fr ;"'"■"' ^°' ^-"«- 

W vear, more !„„„,,„, h„n,a„it J! ' I '""= ""^ P«^' "-ent- 
"<■ 't.s Association for the r fef "7 ^T " '■°™'"'<"' """ efforts 

w o7:™;rr'°" -p »^ c ..itr-r ^""^™™ 
-"-- ;i SnTu itTn^^ r "'"^ '^-' --? 

Association mini,t»,. , „ ' '° "'»"■ ''""r of s,,fl;,,;„ '' 

..n , ,™'^*"'"Iieir relief ' ™™'">S-, your 

°" Wialf of the State of V 
A-ociation for their thonghtf^fch™™'' ,' "'"™ "'»"'^« 'o yonr 
v.3,on for , he sick and »td 'g :?;;"""' '" -■"■"= P- 
'; "'^"- '■™<^^- Vermont ,vill be '» '"'"'" %'^ ' '-etarnine 

A-ocation in the pr„n,„ti„„ „ i,'^=,^^*^ '° cooperate ,vith y„„f 

---^..%.«,ard;:ot:::ct^^^^ 

"FREDERICK HOLBROOK." 
"State OP Maine, Executive n 
^'^Wm Bon., Esq, Sec, rf-/""' ^'^'^^^^' ^^-'^ ^8, iserj 

'I thank the Association furlhe '^'^^^^^«««-ation. 

^^««'^^' you to assure the thou") /f , ?' ^' ^^« ^'«^^ ^e, and I 
--pose it, that I will glad elt^i""^ ,^"--e gentle. "I' 
; -y power, and that Vine J, et 7' n ^'^"^ ^^ ^^ - -a/be 

y tru'y, your obedient servant, 

"Israel Washburn, jr." 



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The Secretary also presented a letter from Mr, R. II. 
McCiirdy, acknowledgiiii^ his election as a member of the 
Association. 

Mr. McCurdy, who was present, stated his reasons for 
declining to serve on the Finance Connnittee, and repeated 
his request to be excused. 

AVhereupon, on motion of Mr. Paine, the declination of 
Mr. McCurdy was accepted; and 

On motion of Mr. Paine, seconded by Mr. McCnrdy, 
the question being put by Judge Peabody, 

Charles Gould, Esq., was elected to fill the vacancy in 
the Finance Connnittee, caused by the resignation of Mr. 
McCurdy. 

On motion, it was 

Resolved^ That the thanks of this Association be, and 
tliey are hereby, tendered to Doctors Kilbourne, Underhill, 
Swan, and Smith, respectively, for their humane and 
patriotic offers of professional aid, and the same are grate- 
fully accepted ; and that the Secretary be requested to 
notify those gentlemen severally of the action of this Asso- 
ciation. 

The Yice-Chairman then resumed the subject in refer- 
ence to which this meeting had been called. 

After an interchange of opinions, in which Messrs. Pea- 
body, Wetmore, Gould, Paine, Low, Burns, and Howe, par- 
ticipated, it was decided to postpone the consideration of 
the subject nntil the next meeting. 

On motion of General AV^etmore, seconded by Colonel 
Howe, it was 

Resolved^ That the State Agent for Connecticut in this 
city, be invited to make use of such accommodations in 
this building as he may desire to avail himself of, for the 
purpose of transacting the business of his agency. 

On motion, adjourned. 

William Bond, Secretary. 



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"NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' EELIEF ASSOCIA- 
TION." 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

New York, A2)rll 30, 1862. 

Pursuant to notice, the Association met at the Associa- 
tion Building, No. ] 94 Broadway, and "was called to order 
at half-past seven o'clock p. m,, by Mr. Gonld, Vice-Ohair- 
man. 



Present, Messrs. 






Hawkins, 


Bond, 


Low, 


Hitchcock, 


Perkins, 


Knight, 


BoNNEY, 


Bridgham, 


HOPPIN, 


Peabody, 


Parmly, 


Almy, 


PULLEN, 


Howe, 


Wetmore 


Paine, 


Wellington, 
Osgood. 


Gould, 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

Colonel Howe, the Superintendent, being called upon, 
reported verbally to the Association in relation to various 
matters of interest. 

He stated that during the preceding two weeks Hfty-two 
soldiers had been received and comfortably provided for at 
the Association Building, and that they belonged to the 
following States respectively, viz. : 



Maine, . . . 


. 


New York, . . 


8 


Vermont, . . 


. 1 


New Jersey, 


8 


Massachusetts, . 


. 18 


Pennsylvania, . 


2 


Rhode Island, . 


. 4 


Missouri, . . . 


2 


Connecticut, 


. 3 




— 



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Also, that within the same time, one hnndred and 
twenty-eight visitors have visited the Association Building 



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and registered their names in the visitors' book, leaving 
unsolicited donations in money, to be used for the general 
purposes of tlie Association, amounting to a little over four 
hundred dollars, besides contributions of many useful ar- 
ticles. 

He also stated that the Ladies' Committee for the pre- 
ceding two weeks had, in addition to their incessant labors 
and untiring care at the Association Building, contributed 
largely in money and articles of necessity for the use of the 
Association, and in tliis connection submitted the following 
Report : 

Report of the Ladies' Committee, from April 25Tn, 1862. 
Ar fides Purchased for the JY. E. S. Helief Association. 



Stewart & Co. — Bill of Sundries, 


$G 20 


Haydock — Crockery, 


. 8 00 


1 Bottle Sherry, 


75 


Dress for Soldier's Wife, 


. 1 25 


Stockings, .... 


50 


10 yards Towelling and 2 Rollers, 


. 2 00 


Tacks, Nails, Mucilage, and Ink, 


36 


Hagerty — Bill for Crockery, 


6 00 


J. S. Lane — Blue Cambric, 


6 60 


Windle — Refrigerator, &c.. 


. 18 03 


Casey — Tea Boiler, 


6 00 


Griffin & Titus — Crockery, 


3 19 


Evans — Crockery, . 


2 88 


Windle— Rollers, 


. 1 80 


Smith c% Sons — Stoneware, 


3 66 


Provisions, .... 


. 6 69 


Dust-pan and Alcohol Feeder, 


50 


Windle — Sundry articles, 


. 14 35 



In payment of the above, cash contributed 
as a donation to the N. E. S. R. Assoc. : 

By Miss Woolsey, $14 20 
" Mrs. G. W. Gray, 50 00 
" Mrs, S. Osgood, 25 16 



$89 36 



$89 36 



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Donations. 

1 box Clothing, from Seventh Presbyterian Church. 

3 doz. Combs and Brushes, from Howard, Sanger & Co. 
Labels, from Francis & Loutrel. 

2 Jars Jelly, from Mrs. J. Wall. 
Stranger, to Mrs. Sterling, $3. 

1 Bottle Sherry Wine, from Mrs. Russell. 

Cakes, Oranges, and Cocoa, from children of Mrs. Parkin. 

Grape Jelly, Old Linen, from Mrs. Gould. 

Box of Bandages and Lint, from Mrs. Gen. Tyler. 

Drinking Cups and Spoons, from Norwalk Lock Co. 

3 doz. Plated Spoons, from Hiram Young, 20 John st. 

1 Eight- day Brass Clock, from George B. Owen, 25 John st. 

•Angelina Post, in behalf of the Committee. 
April 29, 1862. 

He also submitted to the meeting the following sugges- 
tions uiade by Mrs. Post, in writing, on behalf of the Ladies' 
Auxiliary Committee : 

" The ladies of the Second Committee,, being entirely satisfied 
of the necessity of having an experienced and judicious Matron to 
take tlie general superintendence of the Soldiers' Home, are much 
gratified that Mr. Howe has obtained a person with high testi- 
monials, who seems in every way qualified to undertake the arduous 
duties of this establishment. 

" In their opinion, it will be necessary that she should have the 
charge of all the supplies, the care of the house linen and clothing 
of the establishment ; to use her discretion in giving the latter to 
such patients as require garments ; to have charge of all the deli- 
cacies that may be sent for the use of the sick ; and to keep an ac- 
count of all donations received, to report weekly ; to make, her- 
self, any kind of nourishment required for the invalids unable to 
take the meals furnished for the convalescent ; and to administer in 
every way to the needs and comfort of the inmates of this establish- 
ment. 

" She is also to see that order and cleanliness is everywhere 
preserved throughout the premises ; to see that the food generally 
is properly prepared, and with proper liberality in regard to the 
supplies, to avoid, as far as possible, any unnecessary waste. 



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" As far as the observation of the ladies in so short- a time has 
resulted, they are of opinion that the women now employed, or who 
may hereafter be employed by the Assoeiation, should act under 
the instructions of the Matron. If, after a fair trial, they are found 
to be unequal to their duties, justice to the Matron will require their 
discharge. 

" In regard to the washing, some arrangement with a laundry 
by the month would seem to be the best arrangement. The wash- 
ing will be of the plainest description, requiring no starch, but the 
bedding should be returned thoroughly clean and well aired ; the 
Matron to see that the returns are correct. 

" In regard to the supplies of butcher's meat, an account with 
some butcher should be kei:>t, whereby, in case of an emergency (the 
absence of Col. Howe or the gentlemen of the Committee) she could 
obtain what might be requisite, so as to have it prepared in due 
season. The men who can eat, require a good meal of fresh provi- 
sions, not government, rations, which cannot be prepared in time for 
those Avho are to be forwarded immediately. 

" These suggestions are respectfully submitted by 

" Mrs. Post, 

" In behalf of the Ladies of (he Committee. 
''April 2dt}i, 1862." 

And stated that, agreeing witli tlie Ladies' Committee 
as to the importance of having a Matron in constant attend- 
ance at the Association Building, he had, with the advice 
and appi'oval of the "Women's Auxiliary Committee," en- 
gaged Mrs. M. Squire to till tliat position ; and thereu]"»on 
read several letters reconnnending Mrs. Squire, and endors- 
ing lier peculiar fitness and capacity for such a situation. 

Colonel Howe tlien made a statement in relation to the 
arrival of one hundred and fifty wounded soldiers on the 
steamer Cossack and their passage tlirough the city, speci- 
fying the attentions shown to them on behalf of this Asso- 
ciation by Colonel Almy and himself, and expressing the 
decided conviction arrived at by the several State Agents 
that it is wrong and inexpedient to endeavor to hurry 
wounded soldiers through New York immediately on their 
arrival. 

He also called to the attention of the Associationtho fact 



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that Col. Tompkins, A. Q. M. General, bad appointed Mr. 
Thos. W. Johnson as an assistant to cooperate Avith the 
several State Agents in receiving and providing for the sick 
and wounded soldiers who shall arrive in this city; and, 
after expressing his pleasure at the appointment, and his 
gratification that a person possessing the ability and quali- 
fications of Mr. Johnson had been designated for the posi- 
tion, he submitted the following correspondence connected 
with Mr. Johnson's appointment: 

" AssT. Qr. M. General's Office, ) 
" New York, April 2oth, 1862. ) 

" Sir : I hereby appoint you an assistant of this Department to 
look after and provide for the wants of the sick and wounded men 
who may arrive here from time to time, from the several army corps 
operating in the tield. 

" In the discharge of this duty, you are expected to use every pos- 
sible exertion to provide in the most prompt and efficient manner 
for the wants, in the way of transportation or shelter, of all such 
persons of the above description as may arrive here and stand in 
need of assistance. 

" You will confer with Col. Bliss, at No. 5 Walker street. Aide-de- 
camp to (lov. Morgan, Col. F. E. Howe, No. 194 Broadway, Asst. 
Q. M. General of the State of Massachusetts and Agent for the 
State of Vermont, and Col. J. H. Ahny, Asst. Q. M. General of the 
State of Connecticut, in relation to the duties with which you are 
charged, so far as relates to the men who belong to the respective 
States whicli they represent. 

" It is expected that you v.ill visit each vessel in the Government 
service which may arrive here with sick and wounded men on board 
belonging to the army, make a list of all such persons, designating 
those who may be able to travel by the ordinary modes of convey- 
ance, and who Avish to return to their homes, as of the first class, 
and such as may be unable to travel, and require medical treatment, 
as the second class, and state the respective places of destination of 
all those described as the first class. 

" In all your duties you are expected and strictly enjoined to leave 
nothing undone which it may be in your power to do to alleviate 
the sufferings of those who may be so unfortunate as to require your 
attention and care. 

" You are required to report at this office at least once a day, and 



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as much oftener as the nature of your duties will admit, and to 
make weekly reports in writing of all your transactions during- the 
Aveek, and to keep a record of service in a book which will be fur- 
nished you for the purpose. 

" I am, Sir, very respectfully, your ob't servant, 

" D. D. Tompkins, Ass/. Qr. M. General. 

"Mn. Thos. W. Johnson, New Yorh." 

" AssT. Qm.-Gen'ls Office, 
" New York, April 29th, 1862. 

"Col. Frank E. Howe, Assf. Qin.-Genl. State of Mass., dr. : 

" Dear Sir : I herewith hand you a copy of instructions which 
I have received from the head of this Department, Col. D. D. Tomp- 
kins, Asst. Qm.-Gen'l. U. S., relative to the reception and care of 
the sick and wounded soldiers arriving at this point from the vari- 
ous departments of the army in the field, on the way to their re- 
spective homes. 

" In carrying out these instructions, it becomes my duty, as it 
will be my pleasure, to confer and cooperate with the several State 
agencies and Eelief Associations having in view the most ample 
provision for the reception, comfort, and kindly treatment of these 
returned sick and wounded ' Children of the Republic' 

" It is not the purpose of the agency established by the Govern- 
ment in this connection to subvert, but rather to cooperate in every 
practicable way with the patriotic Relief Associations of the city 
and the organizations of the several States represented here by local 
agencies, which were early prompted, and have been brought into 
existence by the highest considerations of humanity, and which 
have already accomplished so much good. But recognizing this as 
a legitimate duty of the Government, and fearing that an entire 
miscellaneons effort might fail in the full realization of the end 
which we all desire, this farther provision has been deemed ad- 
visable. 

" The great number of invalid soldiers which the approaching 
sickly season must throw upon our hands, together with the un- 
avoidable casualties of the terrible conflict now near at hand, will 
require the most untiring and hearty zeal and cooperation of all the 
means and agencies which have already or may hereafter be devised 
for the proper reception and care of the brave unfortunate men who 
may at any moment be precipitated upon us. Let no effort, there- 



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fore, be relaxed to make ample provision for any and every emer- 
gency. 

" I would beg leave to suggest tbe propriety of hereafter detain- 
ing the returning invalid soldiers 'as they arrive in this city, long 
enough to properly cleanse them from the accumulation of filth 
unavoidable to a lengthy sea voyage, and to provide tliem with a 
change of clean underclothing, at least, which is so essential to their 
health and comfort, and that they may carry with them to their 
homes the evidence of the care and attention they received while 
passing through New York. 

'• Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

" Thomas W. Johnson, AssL to Qr. M. Bept^ 

«' New York, Afvil 30, 1862. 

" TuoMAS W. Johnson, Esq., AssL to Quarterinasfer'' s Dept. : 

" Dear Sir: We wish to acknowledge your favor of April 29th, 
accompanied by a copy of your instructions received from the head 
of the Quartermaster's Department located in this city. 

" We are happy to know, that Government duly appreciates the 
importance of cooperating with the several States in their efforts to 
alleviate the sufferings and add to the comforts of those brave men 
who have so nobly fallen on the battle-field, and who are daily ar- 
riving here in a helpless and destitute condition. 

" It will be our pleasure to confer with you in reference to the 
best modes of carrying out the objects proposed, and we shall be at 
all times happy to meet you and labor for a common end. 

"Respectfully, yours, 

" Frank E. Howe, 
"J. H. Almy." 

After the foregoing correspontlence had been read, Gen. 
Wetmore offered the following resolutions, wliicli were 
nnanimonsly adopted : 

iLcsoh'ed, That this Association appi'eciates and gi-ate- 
fuUy acknowledges the courtesy and Iiigh sense of duty and 
patriotic devotion sliown by Col. Tompkins, Asst. Quarter- 
master-General. U. S. A., in the appointment of a special 
agent of that Department to unite with the executive 
officers of this Association, in assisting to forward to their 



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homes, with conitbrt and despatch, sick and wounded sol- 
diers who may arrive in this city. 

Resolved^ That a copy of the foregoing resolution he 
transmitted to the Secretary of War and to Col. Tompkins. 

The following communication from Gov. Andrew was 
read and ordered to be recorded with the minutes : 

" COMMONWKALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTIVE) 

Depaktjient, Boston, April 20, 1802. ) 

" William H. I.. Barnes, Esq., Cor. Sec. N. E. S. R. A., New York : 
" Sir : I have had the pleasure to receive a pamphlet copy of 
the minutes of the organization and proceedings of your Association, 
and also to receive information that it has conferred upon me the 
honor of an election to its memhership. 

" I pray you to convey to the Association my sincere thanks for 
allowing me the privilege of heing united with its members, with 
ever so slight an opportunity of sharing in a work so humane, so 
useful, and so worthy. I am sure that in many Massachusetts 
homes, the kindness experienced by our soldiers in the city of New 
York will never be forgotten. 

" I am, with sincere good wishes and much respect, 

" Your obliged and obedient servant, 

" John A. Andrew." 

Attention was called by Mr. Paine to the fact that no 
formal recognition had been made by this Association, of 
the offer of professional services made by the New York 
Surgical Aid Association. 

Whereupon, 

Tlie following resolution was offered by Mr. Gould, and 
unanimously adopted : 

Iiesolved, That the thanks of this Association be, and they 
are hereby, tendered to the "XewlTork Surgical Aid Asso- 
ciation," for their humane and patriotic offer of professional 
services, and the same are gratefully accepted ; and that 
the Secretary'' be requested to notify them of the action of 
this Association. 

The subject of a Resident House Physician for the As- 
sociation Building was discussed at some length, and was 
finally referred to Messrs. Ilowe and Almy, to make such 



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arrangements as they may deem proper in relation to tlie 
matter. 

Col. Almy, being called upon, made some interesting 
statements connected with the arrival of the last detach- 
ment of wounded New England soldiers. He also made 
particular mention of the thoughtful kindness of the ladies 
who compose the " Soldiers' Aid Society" of Stamford, 
Conn., who, on being informed that a number of wounded 
soldiers were in the cars and would pass through that place, 
were in waiting at the dej)ot, on the arrival of the train, 
and carried into the cars refreshments of various descrip- 
tions, and gratuitously distributed them among the invalid 
soldiers. 

He offered the following resolution in recognition of this 
tender care by the ladies of Stamtbrd, which was unani- 
mously adopted : 

Itesolved, That the grateful acknowledgments of this 
Association be tendered to the Ladies Soldiers' Aid Society 
of Stamford, represented by Mrs.Trnraan Smith, their Presi- 
dent, for their kind and benevolent care extended to the 
l^ew England wounded soldiers when on their way home- 
ward, on Fi-iday, the 25th inst. ; and that the Secretary is 
requested to inform Mrs. Smith of the action of this Asso- 
ciation. 

The following communication was then presented and 
i-ead : 

" New York, April 30, 1862. , 

"Dear Sir: Please offer my professional services to the New 
England Belief Association, to attend the sick and Avounded New 
England heroes by day or night. 

" Eespectfully, yours, 

"F. Willis Fisher, M. D., 

" 237 West 14th st. 

'' Wm. M. Evarts, Esq., Chairman JV. E. R. Assoc." 

Whereupon, on motion of Mr. Knight, it was 
Jiesolved, That the thanks of this Association be, and they 
are hereby, tendered to Dr. Fisher for his humane and 
patriotic offer of professional services, and the same are 



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gratefully uceepted ; and that tlic Secretary be requested 
to notify Dr. Fislier of the action of this Association. 

A comuiniiication was read from Ilev. Dr. Bellows, ten- 
dering, in behalf of Dr. R. P. Stevens, 244 Canal street, his 
professional services to this Association. 

Whereupon, 

On motion of Judge Bonney, it was 

Resolved^ That the thanks of this Association be, and they 
are hereby, tendered to Dr. Stevens for his humane and 
patriotic offer of professional services, and the same are 
gratefully accepted; and that the Secretary be requested 
to notify Dr. Stevens of the action of this iVssociation. 

Judge Peabody, on behalf of Wm. B. Dinsmore, Esq., 
President of the Adams Express Company, offered to this 
Association, for the purpose of conveying wounded soldiers 
that may arrive in this city, the gratuitous use of any num- 
ber, from one to twenty, of their express wagons, and 
stated that the}^ would with pleasure furnish lioi-ses, wagons, 
and drivers for this benevolent purpose, at any hour of the 
day or night that they should be called upon to do so. 

AVhereupon, 

On motion of Judge Peabody, it was unanimously 

Resolved, Tlmt the thanks of this Association be, and they 
are hereby, tendered to the Adams Express Company, and 
to William B. Dinsmore, Esq., President, for their liberal, 
humane, and patriotic offer, wdiich is gratefully accepted ; 
and the Secretary is requested to notify Mr. Dinsmore of 
the action of this Association. 

The following communication from the Board of Com- 
missioners of Health was read to the meeting by Colonel 
Howe : 

"' At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Health, 

"Mayor's Office, New York, A]>ril 22, a. u. 1S62. 
" Present, 
" Hon. George Opdyke, Mayor, jiresiding. 

" John T. Henry, Pres. of the Board of Aldermen. 

" Charles C. Pinx'kney, Pres. of the Bd. of Councilmen. 



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" Dr. Lewis Sayre, Eesident Physician. 

" Dr. Jehediaii Miller, Health Commissioner. 

'' A communication was received from Col. Frank E. Howe, 
Military Agent for Massachusetts and Vermont, requesting special 
permit for transmission of dead bodies of soldiers through the city, 
without the delay incident to the production of testimony and ob- 
taining of permits in each case. 

" Whereupon it was, 

" On motion of Dr. Sayre. Eesident Physician, 

" Resolved. That the City Inspector be directed to grant to Col. 
Howe, and other military agents, a general permit for the trans- 
mission from this city, without exaaiination ov other detention, of 
dead bodies of soldiers j)assing through the city in transition to 
their place of burial elsewhere ; and that Col. Howe and the other 
agents acting upon such permits, report their action thereunder to 
the City Inspector as often as he may require. 

" Extract from the Minutes. 

'•W.M. IT. Armstrong, Clerk" 

Whereupon, 

On motion of Col. Howe, it was, 

Resolved,, That tlie tlianks of this Association be, and 
tliey are liereby, tendered to the Board of Commissioners of 
Health, fur their considerate and luimane action in directing 
the City Inspector to grant to the several State Agents 
special facilities for the transmission from this city of dead 
bodies of soldiers passing through the city to their place 
of burial elsewhere. 

The Secretary announced the following Visiting Com- 
mittees, in addition to those previously designated : 

For the Wcelc ending May 22d. 

Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore, Dr. Maurice Perkins, 
Dr. Eleazar Pakmly, Hon. Rufus F. Andrews. 

For the Weeh ending May 2[}th.\ 

Pev. Dr. HiTCMcouK, Samuel W. Bridgham, Esq., 

John Paine, Esq., "William J. Hoppin, Esq. 



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For the Weeh endiiuj June oth. 

Uqv. Dr. Osgood, lion. Ckahlks A. PKAnoDv, 

Maj. J. A. PiTLLEN, JKiiKMrAii Burns, Esq. 

For ihc Wcel- eiulimj June 12th. 

N'ehkmiah Jv>iiGirr, Esq., Ciiaim.ks (Ioild, Esq., 

R. II. McCi KDv, Esq., Hon. !>. \X . Uo.xnkv. 

For the Wcel- eiulbuj June \^th. 

Rev. Dr. V^intox, F. E. Wi;i.mn(;to,\, Es(]., 

Sa:\[ikl E. Low, Esq., AVjluam II. Fogo, l*]sq. 

Also, tluit the weekly V^isitiiig Coiiuuirtees of the 
Women's Anxiliai-j Association, lor tlie same period, wei'e 
as follows : 

For the ^Ycel• cndbvj May 22d. 

Mrs. It. II. Booth, Mrs. GiiORGK Bkowx, 

Mrs. IItlliard, Mrs. IIknry V. Poor, 

Mrs. Ct. KissiiLL, Miss Post. 

For the Week ending May 29th. 

Mrs. John Patne, Mrs. II. B. Smith, 

Miss Jane S. Woolsey, Mrs. Dr. Guruon Buck, 

Mrs. \l. D. IlnciicocK, Mrs. Charles Perkins. 

For the Wee!.' ending June 5th. 

Mrs. Sa^iIUEL Osgood, Mrs. A. Brookes, 

Mrs. J. Nelson Tappan, Mi's. A. C. IIichards, 

Mrs. J. AY. Post, Mrs. W. (1. Sterling. 

For the Week ending June 12th. 

Mrs. Charles Gould, Mrs. E. B. ]\Ierkill, 

Mrs. Andrew Wesson, Mi-s. M. O. Roberts, 

Miss Hale, Miss Annik Potts. 



, 60 

For tlie Weelc ending June \9fJi. 

Mrs. Frank E. Ho\ve, Mrs. E. Y. IIaughwout, 

Mrs. F. E, Wellington, Mrs. E. W, Stoughton, 

Mrs. H. AV. IIuBRELL, Mrs. Frederick Swan. 

On motion, 

Adjourned, to meet on Wednesday, May 14tli, at lO-i 
Broadway, at T-^ o'clock i*. m. 

William Bond, Secretary. 



TREASURER'S REPORT 



The Treasni-er of the New England Soldiers' Relief As- 
sociation acknowledges the receipt of contribntions in 
money, for the nses of the Association, from the following 
persons I'cspectively, viz. : 



Iloyt, Spragne & Co., . . 


$200 


Samuel Wetinore, . . . 


200 


Elias Howe, Jr., .... 


100 


A. A. Low & Brothers. . . 


100 


Weston & Gray, .... 


100 


William IT. Fogg, . . . 


TOO 


Nehemiali Knight, . . . 


100 


Edwin Iloyt, 


100 


Duncan, Sherman & Co., . . 


100 


J. A. Pullen, 


too 


Jonathan Sturgis, . . . 


100 


Moses II. Grinnell, . . . . 


100 


Charles Mixter, .... 


100 


John Paine, 


100 


Nathl. L. & George Gr is wold 


100 


E. H. Stoughton, .... 


101) 


First Cong. Cliurch, Fairfield 




Conn., 


(10 


Beebe & Brother, . . . 


50 


Benj. B. Sherman, . . . 


50 


John Caswell & Co., . . 


. 50 


Anthony & Hall. . . . . 


50 


Word it Co . . 


5(1 


Charles II. Marshall, . . 


50 


Samuel L. M. Barlow, . . 


. 50 


0. Maverick Parker, . . . 


. 50 


Spofford & Tileston, . . . 


. 50 


William Curtis Noyes, . . 


. 50 



William M. Evarts, . 
Peter Eichards, Jr., . 
Iloyt Brothers, . . 
The Misses Woolsey, 
E. I). Morgan & Co., 
R. P. Buck, . . . 
Snow & Burgess, . 
David Oliphant, . . 
Read, Gardner & Co., 
Amos R. Eno, . 
Low, Ilarriman & Co., 
Thomas Dunham & Co. 
Daniel G. Bacon, . . 
Jacob Ilarsen, . . . 
James Howe, . . . 
II. P. Sturgis & Co., 
-Vrcher & Bull, . . 
llowland & Frothingha 
W. A. & A. M. White, 
Bowerman Brothers, 
A. & E. Bobbins, . . 
Frothingham & Baylis, 
It. Sands Tucker, . 
Bcebe, Montgomery & ( 
Dexter A. Hawkins,. 
E. Parmly, .... 
Charles P. Kirkland, 
William G. Lambert. 



11, 



$50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 



25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 



25 
25 
25 



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Augustus Cleveland, . . . 


$25 


0. B. Tatham, 


25 


Samuel E. Low, .... 


25 


Edwin Bartlett 


25 


Bullard & Co., .... 


25 


Young, Schultze & Co., 


25 


Isaac H. Bailey, .... 


25 


Rees & Hoyt, 


25 


•Jeremiah Burns 


25 


A Friend 


25 


Wm. 11. Giison, .... 


25 


Wetmore, Cryder & Co.. . 


25 


Earle & Co 


25 


G. R 


25 


Wallace & Wickes. . . . 


25 


Cyrus \Y. Field, .... 


. 25 


0. II. Gordon & Co.. . . 


. 25 


Joseph A. AIsop, .... 


25 


Walsh, Carver & Chase, . 


25 


Charles E. Hill d- Co.. . . 


25 


Gary & Co 


25 


Homer II. Stuart, . . . 


. 25 


Abner Beers, 


25 


Mrs. F. G. Swan, .... 


25 


Charles Jarvis, .... 


. 20 


Edward T. Young, . . . 


. 20 


George A. Talbot. ... 


. 20 



Wm. A. Walker & Co., . . . |20 

II. B. Watson, 15 

A. Ilealy, 11 

Francis Skiddy, 10 

Samuel Osgood, 10 

R. D. Hitchcock, 10 

Francis Hathaway, . . . . 10 

Gillespie & Studwell, ... 10 

W\ II. Gilman, 10 

W. M. Rogers & Co 10 

Mr. H. II., of Canada, ... 10 

Ethelbert S. Mills, .... 10 

W. W. Chapin, 10 

M. W. Terrill, 10 

Mr. Sweet, 5 

A. B. Morgan, 5 

George II. Francis, .... 5 

Moses Allen, 5 

Mrs. Mary Andrews, ... 5 

Cash, 5 

" 5 

" 5 

" 5 

Mrs. Adriance, 1 



$4,272 



Samuel E. Low, Treasurer, 
ISTo. 31 Burling Slip. 



Donations of Articles for the use of the Association, 
received by the Visiting Committees or Superintendent, at 
No. 194 Broadway. 

Contrihutions in money received by tlie Treasurer, Mr. 
Samuel E. Low, jSTo. 31 Burling Slip. 



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